Desk research against primary sources. Figures are traced to the issuing UAE authority and linked on the page.
Article 25 lists four grounds and nothing else — non-payment, unauthorised subletting, illegal use of the property, and damage. A landlord who wants the unit back to sell it, move in a relative, or renovate cannot use any of these mid-contract; that route only opens at contract expiry, and even then needs Law 33 of 2008’s 12 months’ written notice. Confusing the two routes is where most disputes start.
Non-payment is the only ground with a built-in cure period: the landlord must give 30 days’ notice before pursuing eviction, so paying within that window generally stops the case. The other three grounds — subletting, illegal use, damage — have no equivalent grace period in Article 25 itself, which is why a landlord alleging one of them can move toward eviction faster than a rent-arrears case.